Nine Innings from Ground Zero

Sep 14, 2004

1h 0m

★ 9.0

The healing of a nation began with the swing of a bat.

Overview

Short, well-made documentary showing how the NY Yankees vs. AZ Diamondbacks world series games, just a month after 9-11, provided welcome relief from the uncertainty New Yorkers, and the nation, felt about how to proceed with their lives. The Yankees, during the series, came to symbolize and re-strengthen everything that was, and is, New York... and America.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

HBO Sports

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Cast

Self

Bob Brenly

Self

Scott Brosius

Self (archive footage)

Joe Buck

Self

George W. Bush

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